Farmer: Education:
-local agricultural college
-agricultural degree or certificate
-most education is acquired from growing up on a farm or working on a farm
Salary: $15,253 to $72,821
Duties:
-plan out which crop should be grown in which season
-how much of the crop to grow
-figure out how much the seed will cost
-where and when to fertilize
-common crops: grain, cotton, nuts, vegetables, fruits, and flowers
-tilling
-planting
-cultivating
-fertilizing
-protecting crops
-package, store, and sell crops
Typical day:
-very long work days
-working in the fields most of the time
-creating planting and harvesting schedules
Job Availability:
-better in flat states like Wisconsin and not good at all in starts like Colorado where there are a lot of mountains
Education:
-local agricultural college
-agricultural degree or certificate
-most education is acquired from growing up on a farm or working on a farm
Salary: $15,253 to $72,821
Duties:
-plan out which crop should be grown in which season
-how much of the crop to grow
-figure out how much the seed will cost
-where and when to fertilize
-common crops: grain, cotton, nuts, vegetables, fruits, and flowers
-tilling
-planting
-cultivating
-fertilizing
-protecting crops
-package, store, and sell crops
Typical day:
-very long work days
-working in the fields most of the time
-creating planting and harvesting schedules
Job Availability:
-better in flat states like Wisconsin and not good at all in starts like Colorado where there are a lot of mountains
Tools:
-tractor
-rotator
-cultivator
-chisel plow
-power tiller
-stone picker
-planter
-plastic mulch layer
-seed drill
-air seeder
-manure spreader
-hydroponics
-weight sorter
-diameter sorter
-shape sorter
Agencies/Company Information:
-Land O’ Lakes, Inc. (West Salem, WI)
-Marathon County (Wausau, WI)
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